Posts Tagged With ‘ war ’

Mugs for every occasion In some ways it seems inevitable that my two sisters ended up in the careers that they did. One is a doctor and the other a human rights lawyer and this is no coincidence considering our heritage. What is our heritage? Our parents are Palestinian immigrants to the UK, moving here in the late 1960s displaced by the 1967 war. Finding themselves studying outside of the West Bank and Gaza when the war broke out it meant that, after Israel won the war and occupied both areas, they were not able to return there to live. Instead they moved to the UK so my dad could undertake... Continue Reading

War in the Middle East, Hamas and Israel By, Jeremy Reif, CRPS Who: For those who have not heard of Hamas.  Here is a quick rundown of who they are. Why: Why should we worry about Hamas and the geopolitical war?  Hamas and Israel have a long-standing and deeply contentious relationship characterized by conflict, hostility, and sporadic periods of ceasefire negotiations. Hamas has engaged in numerous rocket attacks and clashes with Israeli forces over the years, aiming to resist Israeli occupation and seek Palestinian statehood. Israel, on the other hand, views Hamas as a terrorist organization... Continue Reading